Paul H. Price, Surveyor, Photographic Survey of West Virginia Roads and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3690
Photographs compiled by Paul H. Price.
The collection contains material in seven series, including:
1.) Road Survey
2.) West Virginia Landscape
3.) Landscape
4.) Morgantown Fire
5.) Archaeological Artifacts
6.) Price Family
7.) Miscellaneous.
1.) Road Survey; Box 1; 30 folders; ca. 1925-1935; includes: photographs documenting survey of West Virginia roads; regarding dirt and gravel roads, road construction, surrounding terrain near the roads, as well as the completion of some portions of the roads. Prints are available from 38 of West Virginia's 55 counties. However, there is more of an emphasis on the northern section of the state. Many of the prints are labeled with a district number, name of the county, and the state route number of the road in the photograph. Prints from Monongalia County and Kanawha County are included in this series. Includes prints and negatives.
2.) West Virginia Landscape; Box 1; 1 folder; ca. 1925-1935; includes: 30 prints and 5 negatives of West Virginia landscape by Paul H. Price. The prints reveal landscape of Hardy County, West Virginia amongst other areas along the West Virginia counties that border Virginia.
3.) Landscape; Box 1-2; 11 folders; ca. 1925-1935; includes: a diverse series of unidentified landscape photographs, possibly of the mountainous spine along the West Virginia and Virginia border. Includes prints and negatives.
4.) Morgantown Fire; Box 2; 1 folder; ca. 1925-1935; includes: one print and six negatives of a fire in Morgantown, West Virginia (Monongalia County).
5.) Archaeological Artifacts; Box 2; 3 folders; ca. 1925-1935; includes: prints and glass plates of rocks and other archaeological artifacts.
6.) Paul H. Price Family; Box 2; 1 folder; ca. 1925-1935; includes: photographic negatives of the Price family in candid shots and group portraits. There are images of family members in the outdoors looking at geese swim, or performing laborious tasks; others show family members dressed in formal attire, or children dressed in winter coats. The negatives appear to span over the different seasons.
7.) Miscellaneous; Box 2; 2 folders; ca. 1925-1935; includes: negatives and prints, some identified, of railroad scenes, bridges, landscapes, geological features, and houses, amongst other topics.
English
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0.7 Linear Feet (7 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.))
Photographs compiled by Paul H. Price. The collection includes a photographic survey of West Virginia roads conducted by Price for the State Road Commission of West Virginia in the period ca. 1925-1935. Many of West Virginia's counties are included in this series of photographs. There are also photographs of the West Virginia landscape (most notably the eastern panhandle), unidentified landscapes, archaeological artifacts, the Paul H. Price family, and other material. Includes negatives and prints.
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